 Hi everybody welcome to the latest edition of Nets Post Game Plus with Richard Jefferson I'm Nancy Newman the final score on Sunday at Broccoli Center the Nets fall to the Thunder 129-116 and Richard definitely a turning point that third quarter Brooklyn outscored 37 to 18. Yeah no it was crazy if you really watched this entire game the first quarter the Nets came out with that intensity that focus it was great to have Kevin Durant on the floor to see him back and and playing with his teammates but slowly but surely that second quarter they had a long stretch about over a five-minute stretch where they didn't score a bucket but they kind of picked it up there the last two minutes and then in the second half you just could never see any sort of defensive rhythm. A ton of turnovers got killed on the fast break there just there wasn't much fight and I think that's part of the reason you know even we talked about it at you know a little bit at halftime we talked about a little bit early in the post game and then Steve Nash came out and pretty much echoed everything that we were saying. One bright spot definitely for Brooklyn Kevin Durant returning after three games on the shelf and poured in a season high 36 points on 11 of 21 from the field Kara's Liberty adding 21 not enough though for a Nets squad that gave up a season high worst 66 points in the paint afterwards coach Nash not a happy camper. I thought the second quarter was turnovers you know unforced turnovers kicking the ball over the gym up 15. Lack of focus gets them right back in the game. Third quarter I mean 66 points in the paint tonight 72 points in the second half it's just pride you know no matter what defense you're in you got to sit out and guard someone and we didn't guard tonight. That was that was my follow-up they expounding on that you know how much of what we're seeing out there defensively just comes down to personal pride with the matchup. I mean that's that's got to be it I mean you can get beat you can have a hard time guarding someone but I didn't I didn't sense the pride I didn't sense the competitive fire in the second half. Now I thought it was a lack of respect and we just got to learn from this and get better. I mean I wouldn't say it was a struggle you know I would definitely would love to be out there with my teammates but this is circumstances you know COVID just put us under these circumstances and a lot of guys around the league under protocol so you know it's something we knew coming into the season that may happen so I wasn't too upset about it I'm glad I'm back playing though. What do you feel has to change on the defensive side of the ball in order for this team to be successful? We just got to get consistent and I felt like we played some great defensive games when this past week when I was out and you know throughout the season I just think we've been up and down on that side of the ball and you know it's a matter of time before we start to put it all together put it all together and become more consistent with it and that's gonna happen over time. The Nets return to action on Tuesday when they host the Nuggets are covered starts with the pregame show at 7 p.m. For Richard Jefferson I'm Nancy Newman thanks for watching Nets post game plus